confit
English edit
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Etymology edit
Unadapted borrowing from French confit, past participle of confire (“to preserve”), from Latin cōnficiō (perfect passive participle cōnfectus). Doublet of comfit, confetto, and konfyt.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
confit (countable and uncountable, plural confits)
- Any of various kinds of food that have been immersed in a substance for both flavor and preservation.
- 2012, M.V. Kunda, Ed Im, Kunda Eats Best New Restaurants in America, 2012 edition, New York, N.Y.: Vayu Publishing, →ISBN, page 110:
- Korean classics such as pajeon, bibimbap and mandoo are re-imagined with ingredients like cauliflower ricotta, fennel kimchi, and king oyster mushroom confit.
Verb edit
confit (third-person singular simple present confits, present participle confiting, simple past and past participle confited)
- (transitive) To prepare (food) in this manner.
- 2008 June 18, Melissa Clark, “A Garlic Festival Without a Single Clove”, in New York Times[1]:
- I came up with a menu to showcase the alliums in several manifestations: raw, quickly sautéed and slowly confited.
Related terms edit
Further reading edit
French edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Old French [Term?], inherited from Latin cōnfectus, the past participle of conficiō (whence confire).
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
confit (feminine confite, masculine plural confits, feminine plural confites)
Derived terms edit
Noun edit
confit m (plural confits)
Participle edit
confit (feminine confite, masculine plural confits, feminine plural confites)
Verb edit
confit
- inflection of confire:
- third-person singular present indicative
- third-person singular past historic
Further reading edit
- “confit”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Latin edit
Verb edit
cōnfit
References edit
- “confit”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- confit in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.